34 FLIGHT, 9 January 1953
HERE
AND
THERE
N.Z. Air Trooping
TRANSPORTATION of troops to and
from Korea by air has been approved as a
method by the New Zealand Cabinet,
which has voted an estimated expenditure
of about £250,000 for the purpose. If the
war continues, some 600 troops will be
flown each way between New Zealand and
Korea during the coming year. Charter
aircraft will be used.
Recognition Record
FOR its All-England Contest on January
17th the Aircraft Recognition Society has
received a record entry of 80 teams, includ
ing one from the Royal Netherlands Air
Force. The contest is to be held (2.15 p.m.)
in the lecture-hall of the Royal Institution,
London; there is room for a limited num
ber of spectators. Hon. secretary of the
A.R.S. is Mr. Gerald Pollinger, 39/40 Bed
ford Street, London, W.C.2.
Death of a Pioneer
THE death has taken place in Chicago, at
die age of 66, of Maj. Rudolph Schroeder.
In 1920, flying a liberty-engined Lepere
biplane, he raised the world's aeroplane
altitude from 20,080ft to 38,180ft; he
nearly lost his life in the attempt, for his
oxygen supply failed and the aircraft dived
to 2,000ft before he regained consciousness.
Formerly assistant director of the U.S.
Bureau of Air Commerce, he was a vice-
president of United Air Lines at the time
of his death.
Norwegian-U.S. Co-operation
THE head of the U.S. Military Air Office
in Oslo, Admiral J. H. Foskett, said recent
ly that 1,031 men of the Norwegian Air
Force had been trained in the United
States and that another 269 were training
there now. The U.S. Air Office, he added,
had also helped the Norwegian Air Force
to establish a fully up-to-date calculating
system. This made it possible to obtain a
survey of stocks and consumption of
equipment in a matter of a few hours.
The Norwegian Air Force was the first of
the NATO military services to adopt this
system of checking.
AVON-POWERED is the Saab A-32 Lansen ground-attack aircraft, the first flying picture of which
is reproduced here. Provision is made for an afterburner. The Fowler-type flaps and flush
intakes are both visible, and leading-edge slats can just be discerned.
Derbyshire Helicopter Site
CHESTERFIELD Corporation has an
nounced that Plover Hill Farm, Hady, has
been bought for development as a heli
copter landing ground. It is hoped to use
the site, which covers 83 acres, as a feeder-
line station for Ringway Airport, Man
chester. By train the journey takes over
two hours, whereas by helicopter it would
occupy only 25 minutes.
FACTS ABOUT HELICOPTERS
A FORTNIGHT hence—on Fri
day, January 23rd—the special
Helicopter Number of Flight will be
published. Particularly well illus
trated, it will contain articles—
some by specialist contributors—on
past, present and future aspects of
helicopter design and operation.
Women Aspirants in N.Z. Race
THE Australian Women Pilots' Associa
tion is, as already reported, hoping to enter
an Anson in the transport handicap section
of the London to New Zealand Race. It
is now stated that the crew will probably
consist of Miss Freda Thompson, Mrs.
Gertrude McKenzie and Miss Constance
Jordan. The Association's secretary, Mrs.
Maud Gardner, is at present preparing a
history of Australia's women pilots.
Bombs in its Delhi ?
CAPTION to a photograph (reproduced
upside down) in an Indian transport
journal: "An air picture of the Gloster
G.A.5 Javelin Delta all-weather fighter
which appeared at the S.B.A.C. Display
at Farnborough. This Atom Bombay-
Destroyer is the only aircraft capable of
over coming the vision barrier."
Coincidence
UNDERSTANDABLY, perhaps, some
readers have wondered if last week's article
on the activities of K.L.M., appearing
under the name of Robert Blackburn, was
the work of the well-known chairman of
Blackburn and General Aircraft, Ltd. The
author was, of course, the Robert Black
burn—no relative—who is the member of
Flight's staff particularly concerned with
commercial aviation.
Or do they Mean Dollars ?
ACCORDING to a United Air Lines
publicity release, a San Francisco bank
employee flies to Los Angeles and back
(a 1,000-mile journey) five nights a week,
carrying cancelled cheques and other non-
negotiable material. The statement adds
that "... he has spent 300,000 hours aloft
in the past 18 months—and loves it." The
method by which he has whiled away some
34 years in 18 months is not revealed.
Perhaps the hour has been devalued.
CO-OPERATIVE TUNNEL:
Architect's perspective
sketch of the A.R.A.
transonic wind-tunnel,
described in last week's
issue. Estimated date of
completion is 1955, and
the total cost of the
project one - and - a • half
million pounds.